More updates!

Sorry for the lapse in posts. I've been busy inworld and off!
Funny, I know you're gonna laugh. The last post had to do with makeovers at the Brick, and today, I'm gonna sound like Polly the parrot.
I did it again, I renovated The Brick, and I do mean renovate!
I took the roof and top floor off the building. I then retextured walls and floors in adobe and brick. It looks a bit meditteranean! Added some plants, put some of the posters back, added a pavillion outside for more dance room, and added an exterior entry wall with gate. I'm quite pleased. I think I'm done renovating for a while.
Come and check it out.
As far as I go, I'm doing pretty good. I'm selling off land I don't need and cutting back on how much I spend on SL. I spend way too much.
Hanging out with the few friends I have on SL..that's what I look forward to going inworld.

Please Don't Stop the Music

Last year I rented a stream from someone I talk to on occasion. I used Winamp at first to load up music to, and I found that I had a hard time staying connected to the Shoutcast stream with Winamp, so I ended up using Virtual DJ instead. I streamed music to my club on the occasion that I felt like having a party, and used Voice on SL to announce what song was next.
See, when I was growing up I wanted to be a radio deejay. I don't know when I stopped dreaming of becoming one, but my love for music, and playing what I wanted on command really never ceased.
Anyways, all was going fine, until a former acquaintenance wanted me to join her on Skype so I could chat with her and someone else I used to chat with on SL. Skype really messed things up. Second Life didn't want to load up, so I had to do a restore on my computer. When I did that, not only did it wipe out Skype, but Virtual DJ as well. When that happened, I didn't bother with keeping the stream because I didn't want to go back to Winamp and I was pretty sure I lost VDJ on the computer.
It has been almost a year(I think)since I had the stream and was playing my music into the club, but I'm doing it again. I'm also using Winamp, and no problems. Not sure what was the issue last year, but it seems to be gone.
I've got a nice music collection and I've played a few hours in the last 2 weeks that I've had the stream, and have gotten a great response from it from my patrons. So I think I'm gonna stick with once or twice a weekend. Play my songs and turn on the lights baby...cos tonight we're gonna dance

Fashion Show

So a couple of weeks ago I was at a store I favored for beautiful dresses and gowns(just because I felt like it and I had a little linden to spend on myself) and while I was there, I was approached through IM from someone who was looking for models for their bridal show and would I be interested?
I've done some "modeling"- on SL that usually means working as a customer service rep for a store. They give you the items they want you to "model", usually new releases they want to fly off their "shelves". I've done some of this kind of "modeling", but never the runway type.
Rather disinterested, because I figured maybe it wasn't what it seemed, I replied "sure" to her, and she sent the info to me. The notecard she sent had a little information for me, but mostly it was for me to fill out and return to her. An application, basically. She told me she'd get back to me fairly shortly.
So I did hear from her, and last week we had a meeting to discuss exactly what we would be modeling, etc. There were 7 of us who were "hired". After checking out the runway we would use, and discussing the assigned designs to be worn, we planned for practice throughout the week before the show, which was set up for today, May 23rd.
There were 7 of us, but there might as well have been only 1. One of the 7 felt because she had modeled on runways on SL many times that she was the expert. She felt it was ok to talk down to the rest of us, including the person who was guiding and for the most part, organizing this event alone(since the other person involved was unable to access the internet). It came down to a catfight the day before the show, because one of the other 7 decided she needed more time on the runway..whereas the rest of us took our 20 second posing at the end of the runway, she needed a minute or close to it for her two turns. It may seem petty, but when the rest of us are given a short amount to stay at the runway, well, it should be the same for everyone else...
It resulted in a huge catfight where egos were challenged, names were called, and it felt that things were falling apart. Fortunately our guide showed up and tried to smooth everything over. It was clear we were not all working as a team. That was evident when the ability to practice one last run with everyone present for once was shot down by Mrs. Diva and Mrs.limelight decided to leave because they felt no more practice was needed. The rest of us did what we could without the missing pieces and it went well, no more drama.
My sl bf Carson and my bffs Ganjo and Noma said they would come to the show. It meant alot to me that all 3 showed up.
I find it slightly funny that after arriving to the event and getting dressed in my first outfit, which was a tea length wedding gown, that I felt nervous. NERVOUS. I think I was more afraid of missing my queue.
The show went out as planned. The announcer's voice was too loud but at least we had some decent music to walk to. It went by very quickly. The show was over within 30 mins. After all of us had our turns we all lined up on the catwalk for everyone to see. Then we all walked back behind the curtain and got dressed. Funny, I made sure I made outfits for quick changes for the show itself, but neglected to make one for AFTER the show? LOL. So I had to find something to wear quick.
After the show I went out and greeted my 3 bffs who were so kind to make me feel like I did a great job.
It was fun, despite the drama...and it looks like I'll be doing another show in a few months. I'll keep you posted!

The Brick

The Brick was created out of the desire to have a place to dance, hear great music, meet and chat with others, and have FUN!
The Brick was opened March 6, 2008. I opened with my then sl bf Minnow. Unfortunately Minnow and I didn't last, but the club is still open and doing well!
I originally named it Just Another Brick in The Wall, after the Pink Floyd song. The name changed late 2008 to just THE BRICK. It is an 80s themed dance club, although I don't just have 80s music playing 24/7.
I have 2 regular live performers weekly, Ganjo Mokeev and Noma Falta. They are RL musicians who perform on SL as well.
I originally opened the club on the private region of Salonika2, the club remained there until I moved it to mainland late 2008. Since the move, it has done much better. Traffic is up. On Salonika2 I may have had 1 person visiting a day, at times no one visited the club in a 24 hour period, maybe more. Since the move, the club averages anywhere from 15-30 people a day. More when we have a party or event going on. So it definitely was a good move.
It's been a few months but The Brick underwent a cosmetic makeover. I had eyed a building sometime ago as one to use in the future, and the future is now. I had gotten so tired of the original build and it's imperfections and one day just took that down and replaced it with what it is now. I've had nothing but positive feedback! Woot, I did something right!